Learn how patents protect your intellectual property and what rights they confer. Find out about the basics of the patent application process, how to read and interpret patent documents, and why international patents matter. Learn what UCSD Technology Transfer Office can do for inventors. Finally, learn how to search for patents using free web databases offered by the US Patent & Trademark Office, the European Patent Office, Google Patents and more. Even if you don't have an invention on the drawing board, learn how to search patents for the valuable, cutting edge scientific and technical information they contain.
Staff & faculty register through UC Learning Center. Search on "patents" in the search box.
Students register by contacting Susan Shepherd
Location: Science & Engineering Library Instruction Room (Room 2093), Geisel Library, Main floor, East Wing
Time:
November 29, 10:00 am - noon
January 17, 2012, 1:00-3:00 pm
April 19, 2012, 10:00 am - noon
July 26, 2012, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Faculty CV Clinic
Learn ways to find out when and where your faculty is publishing, and who is citing their papers. By setting up author alerts in article databases available through the UCSD Libraries, you can be notified every time a new paper by your faculty is published. You can even find out how many times their papers have been cited by other authors.
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Staff & faculty register through UC Learning Center. Search on "faculty cv clinic" in the search box.
Location: Science & Engineering Library Instruction Room (Room 2093), Geisel Library, Main floor, East Wing
Time:
July 12, 2012, 1:00-2:30 pm
We're here to help you identify, locate and get the most out of information resources...anytime. Please contact one of the librarians in your subject areas to schedule an individual consultation, or to arrange a training session for your class or research group.
For all other questions and requests: contact Susan Shepherd, 534-2480.